I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.

...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.

Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.

Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them—all the way through!

The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.